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Entries Tagged as 'Dhimmitude'

The Associated Press Assist The Taliban … Again

July 21st, 2008 · Comments Off

Lots of smart people are already covering this (on-the-rocks, Dr. Rusty Shackleford) but I’ll put in my two cents worth.
Says Rusty:

Associated Press photographer Rahmatullah Naikzad was a witness to a Taliban murder. The two women were alleged to have been prostitutes who served Western clientèle.
A quick Yahoo News photo search of Rahmatullah Naikzad seems to [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Afghanistan · Dhimmitude · Islamofascism · Media · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism

The Orange Ribbon

February 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

From the Washington Post:

The Oscars are all about product placement, those delectable swag bags filled to bursting with Montblanc pens, with Heather Hyde jewelry, with Icelandic Glacial bottled water. Get a starlet to bust out the giveaway designer doggie duds on the next morning’s duty walk with Bruiser, and baby, you’ve made it.
On Sunday night, [...]

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Tags: Dhimmitude · Media · The Left

Three Arrests In Denmark Cartoonist Plot

February 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments

From Breitbart:

Danish authorities on Tuesday arrested three people suspected of plotting a cartoonist’s assassination for his depiction of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban that enraged Muslims two years ago.
Three of Denmark’s largest newspapers said they would reprint the cartoon on Wednesday to show they would not be intimidated by fanatics. It was one [...]

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Tags: Blog · Censorship · Dhimmitude · Internet · Islamofascism · Linkfest · Media · Muslim/Islam

Archbishop Of Dhimmitude

February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the BBC:

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK “seems unavoidable”.
Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4’s World at One that the UK has to “face up to the fact” that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.
Dr Williams argues that adopting [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Dhimmitude · Government · Muslim/Islam · The UK

Iraqi Sisters Behead Uncle For Wearing Slacks

December 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Hat tip to the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, from the Christian Today:

Three suspected al Qaeda militants, including two sisters, beheaded their uncle and his wife, forcing the couple’s children to watch, Iraqi police said on Friday.
The militants considered that school guard Youssef al-Hayali was an infidel because he did not pray and wore western-style trousers, they told [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Dhimmitude · Iraq · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam

Britain Paying For Islamic Women’s Hymen Replacements

December 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments

From This Is London:

Women are being given controversial “virginity repair” operations on the NHS, it emerged last night.
Taxpayers funded 24 hymen replacement operations between 2005 and 2006, official figures revealed.
And increasing numbers of women are paying up to £4,000 in private clinics for the procedure apparently under pressure from future spouses or in-laws who believe [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Dhimmitude · Government · Health · Muslim/Islam · Taxes · The UK

December 7

December 7th, 2007 · Comments Off

Today is December 7th, the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
At dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, naval aviation forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the United States Pacific Fleet center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and other military targets. The goal of this attack was to sufficiently cripple the US Fleet so [...]

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Tags: Dhimmitude · Government · Military · Terrorism · The Left · The US · War